US President Donald Trump is fairly unpopular in Britain, and he’s headed there next week. A warm welcome isn’t exactly expected, reports NBC News. Rather than paying an official state visit… Politics News Summaries.
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US President Donald Trump is fairly unpopular in Britain, and he’s headed there next week. A warm welcome isn’t exactly expected, reports NBC News. Rather than paying an official state visit to the UK ( an idea that was opposed by nearly 2 million people in a petition), he’s making a « working visit, » which involves less « pomp and circumstance, » the New York Times explained earlier this month. Even so, « we’re planning a proper British welcome for Trump, » a co-organizer of the Bring the Noise rally, planned for the July 13 and ending across from the House of Commons, tells NBC. Tens of thousands of anti-Trump demonstrators are expected to take to the streets that day; a Together Against Trump march is also planned through the center of the city. The protesters won’t be the only ones greeting Trump: A 20-foot-tall inflatable orange « Trump baby » will also be floating over parliament when he arrives.
Leo Murray, 41, staged a crowdfunding campaign to raise enough money to fly the $6,500 orange balloon shaped like a baby that strongly resembles Trump; the campaign ended up raising so much that if it ends up raising its stretch goal of $26,400 (it’s mere dollars away as of this posting), it plans to send a smaller version of the Trump baby anywhere else the POTUS plans to visit: It will « follow little Donald around the world, haunting his diplomatic engagements wherever he goes! » the campaign reads. « If we can troll Donald from the skies wherever he goes for long enough, he’ll start seeing #TrumpBaby in his dreams! » London Mayor Sadiq Khan gave Murray permission Thursday to tether the blimp to Parliament Square, the BBC reports; a statement from the mayor’s office says he « supports the right to peaceful protest and understands that this can take many different forms. » Protests are also planned in Scotland, where Trump owns two golf resorts and plans to spend time during his visit.
